Man escapes via car window as floods gush into road tunnel (corrected)


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): An alert driver quickly climbed out of his car's window to safety when he saw water suddenly gushing into a road tunnel near Jalan Tun Razak here during heavy rain on Sunday evening (Nov 11), flooding his car within minutes. 

The man identified as Teh, 26, said he was really scared and decided to stay put by sitting on his Honda Civic roof before rescuers came. 

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